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      ®§ z fltetvopaug . HmETH Of LOXDOX ^ sa THE WEEK-Inthe Slfi ^ --HS 5 ^^^ "SRSsb-ft £ ™ ft » after a P cri ° of m ° " than SSr ^ ««« g which it has shown a considerable , andm eleven consecutive weeks an enormous excess above the usual rate of mortality . The aecreass is observed in the west , north , and central amsions ; the mortality in the east and south , Where the deaths from chnlorn . nvn RtiU the most

      numerous , is about the average . The deaths from cholera in the last week werello ; in the five previous weeks they were 2 , 026 ( the highest number which , exclusive of those from diarrhoea , the epidemic attiined ) 1 , 632 , S 39 , m , 233 . In last week the deaths from diarrhoea and dysentery ( the mortality of which is more steadily maintained ) were 105 , almost as numerous as deaths from cholera , and considerably more than usual at this advanced season of the year . The aggregate deaths from these tares kindred diseases were therefore 215 ; whilst the weekl y average is only 35 . During last week tae daily number of deaths from cholera averaged 10 ; on Wednesday they were only 11 . In the dis-£ -i , ? , St' James ( Westminster ) , Islington , St . Oiles Holborn , Camherwell , and Rotherhithe , no aeatas from cholera were registered during the week

      , in Kensington there were 0 ; in Hackney o ; in Bethnal-green , 7 ; in Shoreditch , 12 ; in Pop-Jar , o ; in St . Saviour , 6 ; in Bsrmontlsey " , G ; in St . George ( Southwark ) , Lambeth , and Wandsworth , 7 each ; and in Greenwieb , S . In all other districts the mortality from the epidemic did not ran ^ e higher than 4 deaths . All other epidemics are at present under the average ; small-pox and measles remarkably low ; but scarlatina becomes more fatal , the deaths having risen from 39 in the pre vious week to 56 in the last ( the average being Gi \ Typhus was fatal in 47 cases . The girths luring the wee * were 1 , 271 . The mean height of the tarometerra the week was 29-540 in ; the mean temperature was 46 deg . 7 min ., which is 4 deg . 7 min . less than the average of the same week in seven years ; it also shows a decrease on the mean ot the previous week of 5 degrees .

      nc ¦ S , ? HSED Sdicide - —On Saturday last Mr . H . M . Wakleyheldaninqnestat the Thornhill Anns , Chalk Farm-road , on Elizabeth Lewis , a washerwoman , aged fit y . For a length of t-me deceased complained that she could not work , and said that she wa 3 tired of life ; she also hinted that she would destroy herself . On Thursday morning -she was found , half dressed , standiag in the water-butt of her own house , her bodv half bent , so as to put her head under the water . Verdict " Insanity . " The Fire in Losdos-Wali ,. —On Saturday it was ascertained by the surveyors cannected with the different Assurance Companies that policies to the undermentioned amounts had been effected at the respective offices , for property deposited upon the ' premises belonging to Messrs . GoDch and Cousins , id

      London-Wall , and which was burned down on the ' 6 th ins ? .: —The Sun Insurance Company , £ 18 , 000 ; the Alliance Insurance Company , £ 11 , 500 ; the Atlas Insurance Company , £ 6 , 000 ; the Union office , * 6 , 500 ; the Legal and Commercial , £ 15 , 000 : the Imperial office , £ 9 , 003-total . £ 66 , 000 . The wool was insured under floating policies , and the above , therefore , covers the stock in certain warehouses in various parts of the metropolis . Upwards of twenty men were budiy engaged on Saturday last in getting the immensaquantSty of salvage out of the ruins , and taking it away to be dried and sorted . Thh will occupy at least three weeks or a month , when it will afterwards be sold by auction , and there is no doubt ltwill realise several thousand pounds , which will dj divided for the beueBt of the several fire offices

      concerned . Death from Chloroform . —On Saturday Ia 3 t an inquest wa 3 held by Mr . Payne , at St . Thomas ' s Hospital , on the body of Mr . John Shorter , aged forty-four , whose death was alleged to have been caused by the improper use of chloroform . The deceased had for some time bsen affected with a bunion on hi 3 right toe , and on Saturday consulted Mr . Solly , one of the surjens of St . Thomas ' s Hospital , who gave him until Tuesday last to consider whether he would have the toe nail off or nofc , as in a snort time it would be too late to perform an operation . He went to the hospital on that day , and on the next chloroform was administered by the surgery man and cupper , whose duty it is to do so . A sponge containing a drachm was applied , but it had no immed ' ate effect , and two or three drops more were applied to the sponge , but all was not inhaled . The operation was performed by removing the

      toenail in about a second , with a pair of forceps . The deceased then turned blue , and seemed to be dead , the pulse small , and the eyes became dilated . Ammonia and other stimulants w ^ re applied , but without effect , for he had ceased to breathe . Mr . Solly the same day sent for bis wife , and told her he had died under the influence of chloroform . The brother of the deceased complained that he had not died from the operation , but from chloroform experimentally applied . The cupper said tins was the most painful operation in surgery , and it was agreed that chloroform slwuld ba used before he came into the hospital . Jlr . Solly had had great experience and everything that was possible had been done . The brother persisted that such a dangerous experiment and operation should not have been resorted to till they had ascertained what the deceased ' s constitution was , and they would have found it very bad . The jury ultimately returned a verdict of " Natural death while under the influence of chloroform . "

      Ixtxl Fall fkom as Omxibcs . —On Wednesday 3 Ir . Bedford held an inquest at St . George ' s Hospital , on the body of George Broadway , aged 24 . On Friday night List the deceased , a furrier , residing atXo . 41 , Great Windmill-street , Haymarket , at the corner of Regent-circus , mounted the box , requesting to be set down at Praed-street , Edgewareroad , before reaching which place , he , from some cause , fell off from Ids seat into the road . Being immediately picked up he was , without loss of time , removed to the above institution , where he expired shortly after his admission . A . post mortem examination having beca made , it was found that ¦ — ' -w — — —— —~— w -v-v ^^^ _ v w — *«« . ' v « a * p * V ¦* 4 * V MV Utl \ 4 V ^ ICAu

      ^ death had resulted from a concussion of the brain , and a verdict was recorded of "Accidental death . " Sunday Lmou . a at the Post-Office . —Bags from Sheffield and several other large towns were received at the Post-office in consequence of the new regulations as to letters , < fcc , passing through London . Most of these were well filled , but they were not opened in consequence of the order of the Postmaster-Gen ? ral issued on Saturday , postponing the increased Sunday duty far a fortnight , on the ground of the necessary arrangements for carrying it out not having been qu ' te completed ! The order that the country deliveries should be reduced to one oa the Sunday came into operation last Sundiv .

      Removal of the Maxxixgs from UonsEid 5 Gee-i , ixe Gaol to Newgate .-On Monday morning M-inning and Irs wife were removed from the Surrey County Gaol to Jugate . The other prisoners committed for trial at the ensuing Old Bailey Sessions having to be removed that day , it was thought advisable to convey the Mannings at thfi same tim < s . Manning left at ten o ' clock 10 . the county van , with fourteen other prisoners , guarded by Mr . kecne and three turnkeys . Mrs . Manning was conveyed afterwards to Newgate in a cab ! attended b

      y the governor and Maynard , one of his assistants . A few persons were collected round the entrance of Horsemougsr-Iane Gaol when Mrs . Manning left ; and before the cab arrived at Newgate , the news of her removal got wind , and a large concourse of persons were assembled in the Old Bailey . The cab drove up a little after eleven o ' clock , and she " was hurried into the prison . She kept her countenance closely concealed by her veil , so that no person e-rald see her face . Both the prisoners tendered their thanks to Mr . Keene for the kindness displayed to them while in his custody .

      An Expensive Visitor . —On Monday afternoon , between two and three o'clock , one of a drove of " oxen coming from Smithfisld , made its way into Xawrenes' tambour factory , Go 3 weli-street-road , entering the ground floor , in which about thirty young women were at work . In his unweildy efforts to escape he commence 1 tossing the frames , and and destroyed about £ 50 worth of property . Ropes were passed rouni his horns , and with much diffieulty he was dragged off the premises . The Whale i . atklt caught in the Thames . — The whale which was caught in the Thames on Monday week i 3 likely fabe the cause of litigation . On Saturday last the Lord Mayor , attended by the City Solicitor , proceeded to Grays , where the whele lies under Meeson ' s Lime Wharf , for the purpose of " officially asserting his claim to the fish as conservator of the river , and giving it up to the service of the

      captors npon condition that they would not convey it to London or Grav esend for exhibition , nor allow it to become a nuisance anywhere . His lordship found Upon approaching the place where the whale lay , that it was very necessary to insist upon the hist condition , for the stench proceeding from the enormous mass had already become intolerable . The moment iiis lordship expressed his intention to give up the prize to those who had had the . trouble to enmesh and kill the whale there started up a number of claimants , who were advised to refer their claims to the arbitration of Captain Rowland , the principal harbour master . Several of them expressed their willingness to abide by the harbour master ' s decision . It is , however , supposed that there are some dissentients to the proposition , and that it is likely the gentlemen of the law will take a turn out of the "whale before the exhibition now open at Grays at sixpence a head shall have concluded .

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      THE LATE CATASTROPHE AT PIMLICO . From eighto ' clock on Friday evening the 12 th inst . until four o ' clock on Saturday morning , a large number of persons were engaged in endeavouring to gam an entrance into the sewer at some other point than that at which the unfortunate victims of this dreadful catastrophe entered . At a few minutes before four they succeeded in breaking through the sewer in Kenilworth-street , at about fourteen feet below the surface of the road . Immediately the crown of the sewer was broken the carbonic gas rushed out with fearful velocity , and it was with difficulty that the persons who were engaged in the works could maintain their feet . Large parcels of straw were then procured , and ignited over the aperture ; and after burning of the gasseveral men

      , connected with the Sewer Commission went down , and succeeded in recovering the bodies of the lost men , which were found about fifty yards from tho spot where they had entered . They were immediatly conveyed to the Clarendon Tavern , and placed in a back room on the ground floor , where the body of Walsh , the policeman , had been } aid before . The names of the deceased men are Thomas Gee , Daniel Peart , and John Attwood . Upon inquiry as to the man named Sherman , who had been brou « ht out of the sewer on the Friday evening in an almost lifeless state , we asertained that he had quit recovered from the effect of the noxious gas . The bodies of the three men in the service of the Commissioners of

      Sewers , which were recovered on Saturday morning , presented a most extraordinary appearance . On removing the cloth covered over the naked bodies , the faces , necks , and upper part of the chest appeared completely bronzed , and having a glaze on them , particulary the front of the face . The face of the policeman Walsh did not present the same extraordinary appearance , being a little blueish , having only been a short time under the action of the carbonic acid gas . In order to show the powerful action of the contents of the sewerin question , one of the officersofthe Commissioners of Sewers dippedtwo halfcrowns into the contents . One , in half a second , was much changed in its appeirance ; and the other , in eighteen seconds , was completely turned black .

      The Inquest . The inquiry into this lamentable accident was proceeded with at ten o ' clock on Monday , by Mr . Bedford , coroner , at the Clarendon Arms , Pimlico . The jury having been sworn , they adjourned for a few moments to view the bodies , and on their return evidence of identification was proceeded with . The bodies having been identified—Mr . KELLcnER was called and stated that the three deceased men descended into the sewer about halfpast five on Friday morning . The sewer had been opened on Thursday . They walked down without any ladder . The sewer is situated in Warwickstreet . TVifaes wa 3 standing on the bank when the men went down . Witness had been watching , and when the day watchmen came witness went home . The deceased were sober and in their perfect health when they descended into the sewer . They had their own lanterns with them , and took them with them into the sewer .

      ' Edwahd Johdes was then called . Lives at No . 2 , Silver-street , Bloomsbury-market . Is a labourer in the sewers . Was employed in opening the Warwick-street sewer on Thursday last . Opened the sewer at six o ' clock in the morning , and smelt nothing then . Was not affected by any sensation or sickness . Did not go down . Saw into the sewer . There was a foot of water in the sewer . Gee , Peart , and Attwood were engaged in the work , and on examining the sewer they determined on not going down that day . Witness saw no more until the next morning at ten minutes past six , when the last witness told him that the deceased men had gone down into tho sewer . At breakfast-time witness hallooed down to them , but received no answer .

      Went to another grating , and again called , and again without answer . Then , becoming alarmed , he gave notice to Christmas , the bricklayer . Mentioned it also to a fellow-labourer , adding , "It is strange being pay-day . " Also mentioned it to Mr . Carter , the time-keeper . This was about five o ' clock , p . m . Christmas and Turner went down into the sewer , and . on their return , witness said to them "I ' m afraid your labour ' s in vain , for they have been down since three o ' clock . " They said , in answer , " Silence , give no alarm , we put our hands on their dead bodies . " They were down an

      hour before they found the bodies . It was about six o ' clock in the evening when they came up . They then got more assistance , and went down again . They did not get out all the bodies until about four o ' clock on tfic following morning . They were taken up out of a hole situated about 300 yards from the place at which the men went down . Witness saw the three—Gee , Peart , and Attwood—taken up . They were quite dead . Saw their clothes taken off , and the bodies washed , and brought into the Clarendon . Christmas is a bricklayer in the employment of the contractors . Witness told him the men had been a long time down .

      Wm . Christmas examined : Lives at No . 8 , Portland street , Wandsworth-road . Is a bricklayer in the employment of Humphreys and Thirsk , the contractors . Has opened many with considerable deposits . Never had any alarm about him when opening them . The deceased commenced opening the sewers on Thursday . There were no man holes , and they dug a hole nearly opposite the Marquis of Westminster public-house . At last they found the man-hole . Gee wanted to go down that evening , but the others thought it better to finish in the morning . Witness called again at nine the following morning , and heard from Jorden , the last witness , that the men had gone down and had not returned . Witness felt no alarm as thev had said

      they would not come up until they had finished the job . Did not feel any alarm until late in the afternoon . Went then to the hole which Jorden thought of filling up , under the impression that the men had come up by another hole . Witness told him not to do so , and having procured his sewer boots he descended himself , with Turner , into the sewer . Witness and his companion traversed the sewer for nearly an hour . Could trace the passage of the men by chalk marks on the wall . Parts of the sewer had no soil at all in them . At last they came upon one of the men , lying on Ms face in the soil , Witness pushed him with his hand and rctumel to the hole . Had seen two men in the sewer . Witness then went for help saw a man Woodby , who ,

      on being told of what had happened , went for more help . Returned then into the hole , and saw the third body . Witness then got aline , and measured from the bodies to the entrance and back on the surface , for the purpose of digging . —Coroner : Why did not you try to get them out when you saw them first ? Were you sure they were dead ' ?—Witness : I hallooed to them , and touched them . I am sure they were dead . I was afraid if we dragged them out through the sewer the bodies would be mutilated . Dr . Wells had come then , and a boy pointed out the head of the sewer . We commenced then knocking the head wa'l down . Mr . Wells then went in ; a man named Alsop followed next , and I next . When we got in about 100 feet , Mr . Wells complained , and said he felt faint . He turned to

      conic out , but before we got to the entrance Alsop called out that the doctor had fallen down . Alsop next came out complaining , and I fell down . 1 have no recollection of what happened after . I think I recollect seeing the chalk marks of the deceased men on the walls . Before I became insensible I felt a strong sewer smell , but nothing more than usual ; nothing to give me any alarm . —To a Juror : The bodies were lying with their heads towards Warwick-street . They had evidently been retreating , and had arrived within fifty feet of the opening , we have found one lamp , but not the measuring chain . Alsop got out safe . When I was taken ill it came all in a minute . I had no previous disagreeable sensations . I did not find this sewer worse than common . I have been in a great many which

      had much more soil in them . Nicholas Lipsioxe examined : Hive at Brewerstreet , Pimlico . Am a butcher . On Friday afternoon , I was passing down Warwick-street , and I heard some boys say that some men had been down in the sewer since five o ' clock in the morning , and they were digging for them then . I went down , and some men came out of the sewer and said , " We have found the men , but cannot get them out . " I said , " Why not get them out ? " and they said , " We are so exhausted . " Then a little boy said he knew where the head of the drain was , as he had seen it built . All present then went to the head of the drain and made an opening , when the smell was so great as to almost knock me down . Dr . Wells went in , saying , ' If there ' s a spark of life in these men , I'll bring them * out and restore them . " Dr . Wells then went in , and I waited with some anxiety for his return . He did not come , however , and the first I heard of him was a low

      moaning and a splash . I then went in myself , and brought out one man ( the last witness . ) I saw poor Doctor Wells lying on his face , but was too weak to assist him . I went in about the length of this table again , when I was overpowered by the stench . The man I brought out appeared to be quite dead , but on being lab upon a bank he vomited a good deal of mud and then rallied . I have myself been ill ever since . Thomas Tcxsiall , sergeant . of the B division of police , deposed to seeing the dead body of Walsh the policeman brought out . Everything possible was done to restore him , but without avail . William Ord examined : Hive at No . 9

      Warwick-, street . I am a doctor of medicine . I was called from my own house , about ten minutes before eight on Friday morning . I found the deceased Mr Wellsjn the tap-room of this house . He was then quite dead , having been seen by a medical man , Mr . Jennings previously . By his orders he was sent to the hospital—The Coroner : Of what use was sending him to the hospital if he was dead ? - WitneSS : I had no control , another medical man having preceded me , and directed what was to be done . The next body I saw was that of the polices ' h ? * ;\ i ° - ? te dead ' l aPPlicd Natives , but without avail . I sasFtbree other bodies .

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      They were all dead . t-The . ' Coroner : Have . you ever seen persons die under the influence of a . similar vapour ?—Witness : I have seen them die under the influence of hydrocyanic acid , which is . similar to sulphuretted hydrogen gas , the vapour present in this case . I ascertained its presence By a test paper . One inhalation of ifc would produce asphyxia , One spasm would send tho blood to the heart , whence it would not return ; The body of a person dying under such hurmstances would be discoloured . Sulphuretted hydrogen always exists in sewers , but it is so heavy that it cannot rise . A current of air through the sewer would render it innocuous . Persons going into a sower should have a lighted candle carried some distance in front . If it burned blue , there was no safety fdv any living animal . I am satisfied that if the sewers were traversed by a current of air , there would be no danger to health .

      Thomas Lovick examined : I live at 87 , Princesstreet ; Red Lion-square . I am one of the assistantsurveyors to the Commissioners of Sewers . All I know about the matter is connected with the flushing department . On the 6 th of October I received a note from one of my colleagues , stating that the sewer in Warwick-street required cleansing . " I gave directions to Mr . Batterburyto have it . examined on the same day . He did so ; and his report stated the length of the sewer , and the amount of deposit in it . He said that the collateral sewers also required cleansing . —Do you ever take any steps to ascertain whether or no there is poisonous gas in a sewer before you send in your labourers ?—Yes ; we send in our men to examine . In this case

      Mr . Batterbury was sent to inspect . He made no report , except as to the length and width of the sewer , and that in one part it was rather foul . Upon getting his report I directed him to examine the collateral lines , when they could be examined with safety . —Would they include the sewev in question ? I did not know of its existence . I have received no report respecting it . The deceased men were cmployed in examining it . The men are always cautioned . I have frequently received reports of the existence of deleterious gaa in sewers . I consider that the inspection of the Warwick-street sewer was going on at the time of the calamity . This examination took place at the requisition of some of the inhabitants , who complained of the state of

      tneir drains , lb was on the complaint of James Beth that this examination took place . —Do you usually send men down without any previous testing to examine sewers ?—In this case we sent to Mr . Batterhury , who sent down his three most cautious men . They ought to have been able to ascertain the existence of gas for a long time before they camo to it . Ho might have had chemical tests , but we have always found in practice that the labourers could detect the presence of gas . —Have you had reports to that effect ?—I have an impression that we have received such reports , but we always have found the men capable of forming an opinion . — According to thtf ' prcscnfc system , what has occurred may occur every day . —We never send the men

      down if we apprehend gas . But you have no means of ascertaining , except by sending down men ;—We generally find them able to ascertain tho existence of poisonous vapour . We have no chemical tests . I have traversed many sewers myself , and I always found the lantern to burn blue a long time before there was any danger . —And do you think these poor labourers were aware of the fact 1—They must have been aware of it , having traversed many miles of sewers . We sometimes had the Davy lamp . —What is the principle of the Davy lamp ?—The principle is to surround the flame with a fine wire

      gauze , which we could not admit combustible vapour . —Then , would it not be a bad means of testing the presence of this gas ?—If it could not get through the gauze , it could not discolour the flame ?—I generally prefer the flame lamp . —Does it not strike you , in a serious question like this , one in fact of life and death , that some scientific means might be found of ascertaining the sfcato of the sewers , before the lives of the men were put in danger?—Every possible precaution is taken , and these irere most careful men . I attribute' no blame to any party . —A Juror : One of the parties who was saved was only a boy . ( Christmas . )

      John Henry Battebbury examined : I am an inspector of flushing to the Metropolitan Commissioners . I had made an inspection of Warwickstreet , sewer on Monday morning . I went in with Gee and Peart , and went through tho whole length . I went about ten or twelve feet into the sewer in which tho men were killed . Gee went a little further . He said he saw a curious light , but I could nofc see it . I thought the sower very close , and called him back . 1 went into the other sower . Gee said , " What an odd smell ; like rotten cheese . " I asked him if he knew what it was , and he said he did not . I said , "Well , ifc is gas . " - Peart said he had smelt a similar odour at Paddin ^ ton , where

      there was an explosion of gas . I told Gee then not to go into the sewer . He said , "Very well . " I said if ifc was necessary to go into tho sewer and there was no aperture we would have one dug . — Coroner : You s . ty you told Gee nofc to go , had he " any other subsequent instructions ?—Mr . Batterbury : He had none from me . —Coroner : Then do they fo where they like without orders ?—Mr . Batterury : No . I subsequently gave them orders to have man holes opened where they required them . I told them to go into no sewer that was at all close . I had no doubt of the existence of gas in the seweiv When I examined ifc ifc hissed and bubbled very much , which is always a bad sign .

      A Juror : Was there any one present but these poor men who are dead when you gave these cautions ?—No . AxoTnER Juror : Were you aware that there was an abutment to this sewer ?—No . —Is not the vapour much more deleterious when the end of tho sewer is stopped up ?—Certainly . Iii answer to a juror , witness added that there were hundreds of walled up sewers in the parish , and that the sewer in which the accident took place was built on the most approved principle .

      Tobias Jesnisgs examined : I am a surgeon . I was called in here on Friday last to look at a body . I saw it was dead , and directed it to be serifc to a hospital—Coroner : Why did you suggest the removal to a hospital ?—I thought that this was nofc a proper place to hold an inquest . A Juror : Is Mr . Jennings a qualified surgeon or a licentiate apothecary ? The CoROSBn : Why do you ask the question ? Juror : Because Mr . Ord said that he did not applv any remedies to Mr . Wells , because the case was in Mr . Jennings' hands ? Did you apply any restoratives ?—Mr . Jennings : No . I became ill with the smell , and immediately returned homo . A Juror : Do you mean to say that you did not recognise your opposite neighbour and followpractitionor , Mr . Wells ?—Mr . Jennings : No . He was blue and discoloured .

      At the conclusion of this witness ' s examination , the proceedings were adjourned . On Wednesday a subscription of twopence each was entered into by tho private constables of the police to assist the widow of Walsh , the policeman who lost his life in tho sewer at Pimlico . The sum thus raised , it is presumed , will amount to about £ 30 . Ifc is also proposed to open a public subscription for Mrs . Wells , whose husband perished on tho same occasion .

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      the act of doing / when , in passing the chair over the j table , he knocked it against a lighted naphtha-lamp hanein" from the ceiling , and the jerk threw a piece of tne red-hot wick amongBtthe heap of fireworks njied up on the table beneath . It was seen by the whole of them to fall among the stock , and they instantly attempted to prevent the combustible materials from kniting ; but , alas ! it was beyond thoir means , for a bundle of crackers exploded the moment the burning wick touched them , and , flyin * about the place , almost instantaneously set light to heaps of fireworks in other parts of the room , notwithstanding they one and all combated with the exploding articles with all their might , by trampling them under their feet , and throwing water on them . and

      This they continued as long as they were able ; finding the firebecomingfiercer , and burning sulphur affecting her senses , she made her escape into the back yard , followedby her husband , and sheimagined that both her sons and the man Baldwin escaped at the same time . She heard her son William scream out" Mother , mother , come out ! " called to him that she was safe . She believed he heard her , and managed to get out at the front—Mrs . Barlm , it should be observed , is unconscious of the fact that any of her family are lost . There is no doubt that William misunderstood his mother . He suspected she was amidst the exploding fireworks , and rushed in with an idea to rescue her , and perished . Her first thoughton somewhat recovering from the

      , Bulpbureous vapour she had inhaled , was her children . To get at them by the staircase was beyond human power ; the continued explosions had knocked down the'lath and plaster partitions , and the whole of the lower part of the place was in flames , gush ' ng up the staircase and out at the back door . With the help of her husband , she managed to climb out on to the roof of an out-house near the window of the room where they slept . They heard her cries , and the children then opened the window , got out , and jumped into her arms . After which she has no recollection of what occurred , excepting being brought to the hospital . ¦ She declares that there was no " composition" exposed in the front parlour but that in the cases left for pasting and securing up . There might

      be some powder in other parts of the house , but no great quantity . She was confident that theoircumstarice of her son knocking the chair against the lamp was purely accidental . He was a well conducted young man to his father , and he used all his efforts to prevent the fireworks from igniting . [ Tho poor woman is shockingly injured ; her face , neck , and arms , arc greatly burnt , and it is much feared she will lose her eyesight . Frequently during the day she inquired for her son William , but it was not deemed prudent to communicate the sad tidings of his fate or that of her youngest children . ] The condition of the survivors at Guy ' s Hospital is thus reported by the principal surgeon;— " William Barl ' m , aged 46 severe burns over the arras , face ,

      , and head ; going on favourably . —Ann Barlin , aged 40 , his wife ; face , head , and lower part of the body very much burned ; hopes entertained of her recovery . —Charles Barlin , aged 17 , son of the former ; face shockingly disfigured , and arms and chest burned : favourable symptons of recovery . —Phcebe Wytin , aged 22 ; extensive laceration of the thigh by falling on some spikes in leaping from the first floor window : in a fair way of recovery . "—The latter unfortunate creature , strange to say , was found by the police lying weltering in blood near Newington . It seems that after she was extricated by some persons from the spikes , she ran away towards her mother's house , which is situated in the above locality ; exhaustion

      however , overcame her from loss of blood , and she dropped on the pavement , where she was picked up by the police . Inquest . —At one o ' clock on Tuesday , Mr . W . Carter held an inquest at the King John ' s Head , Abbey-street ,: Bermondsey , upon the bodies of Georgo Barlow , aged forty-six , William Barling , aged twenty , James Barling , aged four , and Thomas Barling , aged eighteen months . After hearing some minor evidence , the inquiry wa « adjourned to Tues ^ day , the 6 th of November , at eleven o ' clock , in order to await the result of the illness of those who were in the hospital , particularly Charles Barling , and see whether they could obtain his statement on oath .

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      spinal cord . The wound must have been instantly fatal . The woman was lying in a pool of blood . She was dressed , with the exception of her shoes . I found a female child lying on its face on the bed , also in a pool of blood . I turned ifc round , and discoTered its throat , cut , so much so as to have separated the spinal cord , and extended to the muscles at the back of tho neck . The razor produced would cause such wounds . I have some recollection of the deceased . I believe she was cook in a gentleman ' s house on Clapham-common , and she had run a needle in her hand , which I extracted . I did not know she was married . I should think the deceased must have endeavoured in her struggles to

      get out of the room , irom the footmarks I saw ; but it must have been after she had been wounded . Ifc appeared as if she had been trying to reach the other room . Witness said , in answer to some further questions from the bench , that ho had never to his knowledge seen the pr isoner previously . The Rev . Mr . Pritchard was a subscriber to the dispensary , and' he had since learnt that he had given the prisoner an order for medicine , which he now believed was administered by him . Ho understood the prisoner to bo in constant work ; his houso was comfortably furnished , and there did not appear to be any reason to suppose that he was

      ruined or disgraced . Inspector Colem ajj produced the marriage certificate which the prisoner had handed to him when lie first came to the station-house , by which it appeared he was married in April , 1847 , being then a bachelor , to Maria Glover , widow . The surviving child was by a former husband . Mr . PAYiNTER said he should remand the prisoner until Thursday next , when evidence must be produced to identify the bodies of the murdered woman and child . There was no necessity for the production of a great number of witnesses , as the facts in this case were very clear . The prisoner was then removed in custody .

      The Inquest . On Monday morning Mr . Higgs , the coroner for the Duchy of Lancaster , held an inquest at the Two Brewers Tavern , Clapham Rise , on the bodies of Maria Weston and Maria Elizabeth Wcston . The jury having been , sworn , were shown to tbo cottage where the bodies were lying . It was a very neat place , and did nofc at all warrant the supposition at first entertained , that distress was the incentivo to the commission of the crime . All the more repulsive traces of violence had been removed , and the bodies were decently disposed upon a bed in the front top room . The throats were dreadfully cut , and the injury in each case must have caused death within a few seconds . In addition to tho evidence given above , the following witnesses were examined : —

      Joseph Wjesion , the brother of the prisoner , was then examined . He had not seen his brother since June last ; of course , he could give no evidence as to the state of his mind at the time of the commission of the act . This witness was directed to withdraw . Charms Newman stated that he resided near Tooting , and was a farmer ' s labourer . He had known the man for some time , and had known deceased woman about three months . He had seen the prisoner very frequently of late , and knew that he had generally about four days' work out of the v . eek . Witness called on the prisoner and his family on Friday night last about seven o ' clock , and remained until after nine . The prisoner was quite sober all the evening , and drank * nothing except some porter , which witness sent for . The

      deceased woman was present . The prisoner and his wife appeared quite friendly all the evening . Witness asked if he had been at work that day , and he said that he had not . He could not sleep at night , and wanted to see his brother . He , said also that he had attempted to see his brother , but returned when he got to the * park , as he was uneasy about his wife , who was unwell . His wife remarked that he looked very unwell , and seemed in a bad low way . She said that he had fallen away very fast . The prisoner went to the looking-glass and remarked , " I shall get fat to-morrow . " He was not a bad-temnered man , and seemed to live very comfortably with his wife . Witness observed that he had lost flesh lately . He looked very wild , and witness thought that he seemed an altered man . Did not think that he was right in his mind . His wife was a laundress , and had been in full work for

      some time . Sarah Cloveb , the child who was found in the house , was then brought into the room . Ifc was stated that she had been kept in ignorance of the death of her mother , and therefore the jury deemed it better to leave her examination in the hands of tho coroner . Having been questioned as to her comprehension of the nature of an oath , she stated that a strange person awakened her . on Saturday morning last . She had heard no noise during the night or morning . Her father and mother had had no quarrel on the Friday evening . The jury made a subscription for the benefit of this child .

      jsuuy Ann Bakeii , a woman with whom the prisoner was familiar before his marriage with the deceased , was then examined . She saw him last Monday , hut did not speak to him . She knew him seven years ago . She had nofc seen him for months before that time , and had had no communication with him lately , lie was a man of violent temper , and she had bound him over to keep the peace , as she feared for her safety . The Coroner summed up briefly , stating that the case did not call for any particular commentary from him , as the confession made by tho prisoner seemed to be entirely voluntary , and there was no

      reason whatever against the reception of that confession in the case . There was no motive of fear or interest which could have induced the prisoner to criminate himself , and duo admonition had boon given to him by the inspector of police . Tho question put was a very simple one , and no . doubt would be so considered by the jury . The room was then cleared . After remaining with closed doors for about five minutes , the iury returned a verdict of" Wilful murder" against James Weston . Tho witnesses were then , bound over to prosecute .

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      escape . The accused and another man mn , « i Jones , who was on the deckof the-boat lnnS i " whilst the deceased was drawning rtffl ^ concern . Aline thrown from the boat wouM « bably have enabled him to escape siakuv ffi Jones having gone up the river to Worcester t ? , inquest was adjourned in order that his evident i be taken . ""' raav Refusing to Weigh Bread . — William Clnf of Duddidgton , baker , was summoned last w , ' plIf ' John Redmond , who described himself as a !»!?«„? Dublin , a surgical instrument maker , and art ; , charged soldier from the 16 th Lancers , for refJw tosellhimms . wei ght of bread . It app ^ tS the complainant , Avho was travelling throiA rtS town , happened to call at the defendant ' s . and \ S for two pounds of bread ; he was served !> the dT fendantswifawho gave him a half , quartern W * but the complainant , fancying it was not so much 1 it ought to be , requested her to weigh it , as CJS he wanted two pounds of bread , which sher , fu-P , i 5

      oo , ouo saw sue woum can ner husband !„ a meantime , the defendant ' s son came into tW Y and he refused also to weigh the bread , am ! tK * ened to kick the complainant out of the slion in did not leave immediately . ' Upon the defimdin *' wife bans examined , she confessed that she Sj to weigh the bread , but said it was because the com pknnaut was insolent . The Bench consi . lered Z case so clear that , though they excused the dofcn-Ianfe from , all intention of breaking tlle iaw , " ™' nt bound to convict ; he was therefore co ' nvwli " - ere fine of 2 s . and costs 8 s . There are man ^ * * country places who . irenot aware of lu ; . ' ? that bakers are bound to sellTefd v « ¦ " *• refer them to 6 th and 7 th Willffi V \ Z t \ ™ 4 , by which it is enacted that bread shall L 1 ' ut

      bakers by weight , and in case any baker shall sell in W ^ ^ tlner th ? by We , l sllt ' every such baker shall forfeit a sum not exceeding 40 s . Wholesale Frauds on the Excise . —Tho m gistrates sitting in petty session at Halesborout-h or Friday , were engaged in adjudicating upon no iess than ten informations against brickmakers , for removing bricks to the kilns before the duty wa 3 levied , and thus avoiding payment of the proper duty thereon—a practice which seems to have obtained here , to the great injury of the legal tradesmen , and defrauding the inland revenue . The following penalties were inflicted : —Mr . Whitekuse , OHfield , fined £ 150 , and 84 , 782 bricks condemned ; Mr .

      Sadler , Oldbury , fined £ 100 , and 76 , 222 bricks condemned ; Johnson and Probert , Oklh ' eld , -fined £ 75 , a > id 49 , 833 bricks condemned ; Messrs . Whitchouse , Oldbury , fined £ 60 , and 33 . 693 bricks condemned Mr . Leea , Oldfield , fined £ 65 , and 24 . 837 bricks condemned ; Mr . Guest , Oldfield , fined . £ 55 , and 30 , 904 bricks condemned ; Messrs . Sadler and Hcrton , fined £ 50 , and 25 , ^ 07 bricks condemned ; Mr ! Ldwards , Oldbury , fined £ 50 , and 28 , 410 bricks condemned ; Mr . Barrett , ' Halesowen , fined £ 25 and 10 , 023 bricks condemned ; » ndMr . Whitehouse ! Oldbury , fined £ 25 , 11 , 029 bricks condemned . Fire near Thame . — On Friday , October 12 , soon after 11 at night , a fire broke out upon the

      premises of Mr . Thomas Sheen , at Worminghall , near Thame , Oxon , the estate of Viscount Clifden , and about an hour and a half afterwards flamc 3 were also di sc overed upon the farm of-Mr . William . Hemmings , about a furlong off . The cause of the fire is a mystery , but it is possible , from the brisk wind setting in the right direction , that the second arose out of the first ; An engine from the County Fire-office at Oxford arrived at the spot as soon as possible , and speedily quelled the progress of the flames upon Mr . llemming ' s ricks , but we regret to say that the whole of Mr . Sheen ' s ricks , nine in number , were entirely destroyed , as well as the greater part of the farm buildings . Too much cannot be said in praise of the indefatigable exertions of Mr . John Ashursfc , of 'Waterstoek-house , ¦ in that

      neighbourhood , a magistrate for the county , who together with his brother , the Rev . James Ashurst , vicar , of Milton , and the Rev . James Stattar , of Worminghall , were upon the spot nearly all the nisht , personally assisting and superintending the keeping under of the flames . Very groat credit is also due to a Mr . Thomas WaV i a farmer at Ickford , for his very able and practical aid in subduing the raging element , and all th « agricultural labourers of the . neighbourhood were upon the spot eager to render assistance . The extent of the damage done is about £ 1 , 000 , which it is understood is more than covered by the insurances .. Application has been made to Mr . Alderman Brownig , of Oxford , and that gentleman has set on foot an investigation of the matter through the medium of the police .

      Bristol . —Supposed Case of suspended Animation . —A correspondent says : — " A most singular case of suspended animation , or what is usually termed trance , ' ha 3 just occurred at Bristol , and the facts are of such a remarkable character as to be worthy of a detail notice . On Friday morning the 12 th inst . about half-pas '; nine o ' clock , a gentleman named Byron Blyth , a newphew of Mr . Blyth , of the firm of Blyth and Green , the well-known shipbuilders of London , was apparently seized with cholera at his residence , Orchard street , Bristol , lie was speedily attended by Dr . Wallis and Dr . Green , two of the physicians of the Bristol Infirmary , and Mr . Kelson , surgeon . He was seen frequently , and

      when Dr . Green left him , late at night , his opinion was that he had rallied , and that there was a chance of his recovery . Athalf . past two o ' clock , however , on Saturday morning he apparently died . At G o ' clock the same morning Dr . Green , being on Ins way to visit him , was surprised to hear of his death . He went and viewed the body , and gave a certificate that Mr . Blyth , had died from malignant cholera . The body he found to be still warm , but at this hs was not much surprised , death having been so recent . Directions were given for the funeral , which was to take place on Sunday morning at nine o ' clock , and a special message was sent to London to acquaint the relatives of the deceased of his sudden and

      unfortunate death . At six o ' clock on Saturday evening Dr . Green again called when he found the necessary preparations for the funeral , and the body screwed down . Dr . Green directed the undertaker to unscrew the coffin , and upon removing the sawdust With which tho body was covered , to his great surprise , he found that it was still warm . He was unable to account for this , and supposed that perhaps the sawdust might have generated the heat , lie accordingly directed it to be removed , and ordered that the funeral should not take place till the next morning , after he had again seen the body . Dr . Green then communicated with Dr . AVallis and Mr . Kelson , and all met at the house at nine o ' clock on Sunday morning , at which time the preparations were complete , and the bearers in waiting to convey the body to the tomb . They injected the veins with .

      warm siiltsnd water , but witlioutproducing any effect , 1 he body was then subjected to powerful ealvanic shocks , which changed the colour of the hotly , and rendered the hands more supple , but there were no other signs of life . The body was then ordered to be laid out in the usual way , without a » y sawdust , and up to Monday afternoon the extraordinary appearance of warmth still remained , and there are no signs of < lecomposition . The body was removed to St . Peter ' s llospital where fur ' . her efforts will be made to restore nimalion . —Wednesday . —A'l doubts as to the fate of Mr . B . Blyth , are now at an end , decomposition having undoubtedly begun . An inquest has been commenced upon the body at the Albion Tavern , which has been adjourned for the purpose of a . postmortem examination being made h \ several eminent surgeons .

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      MURDER OF A WIFE AND CIIILD AT CLAPHAM . On Saturday , soon after Mr . Paynter took his seat upon the bench , Mr . Parrott , junr ., surgeon , of Clapham-common , arrived at the court , and gave the startling intelligence that he was in attendance to give evidence upon a charge of murder of a woman and child that had taken place at an early hour that morning . In the course of an hour the

      murderer was brought into coarfc in the custody of Mr . Coloman , the inspector of the Clapham district , and placed in the dock . The prisoner , who is a middle-aged man , with nothing ferocious in his appearance , but , much the reverse , was described in the charge-sheet as James Wesfcon , aged 39 , labourer , and the words of the charge were those of " wilfully murdering Maria "Weston , his wife , and Maria Elizabeth "VYeston , their child , by cutting their throats with a razor , in the parish of Clapham . "

      Tho first witness examined was William Coleman , who stated : lam one of the inspectors of police . This morning , at a quarter past seven o ' clock , the prisoner came to the station , and , addressing mo , said , " I have come to give myself up . " I askod him , " what for ? " and he said " for murder" [ here the prisoner burst into a paroxysm of grief which lasted for several minutes . } I perceived that there were marks of blood on his hands and coat , and I asked him who it was that he had murdered ? lie said , "his wife . " I asked him why he had murdered her , and how he did it ? He replied , " with a razor , " and he then put his hand to his waistcoat pocket , and handed the razor to me ( a black handled one ) . I saw that it was covered with blood . I then asked him his name , and where he lived ? He answered , "James Weston , Carpenter ' s-buildincs ,

      Clapham . " I asked him if he had any other articles in his possession ? when he handed me three knives , as also the key of his apartments . I then at once despatched Sergeant Langton to his 1 'OSidCUCe . Sergeant Langton was presant , and heard all that transpired up to this time . After Sergeant Langton was gone , tho prisoner said , " I have also murdered my child . " I asked him tho sex of the child , and he said ifc was a female , and aged one year and nine months . He then said , " There is another child there also—I wish you would send after the man to have her taken away . " I asked him how he came to do it , and whether ho had had any quarrel with his wife ? Ho replied , "Wo were in the habit oi having trifling- broils , like other people , but nothing of a serious nature . I went to bed comfortably last night , and felt so up to four o ' clock this morning , and after ifc struck four I got out of bed , struck a light with a match , wont down stairs , and fetched

      a razor ( the one produced ) , but when I returned I felt that I could not do it ; but after boinj ? tempted I formed a resolution , and attacked my wife as she was dressing herself in bed . " The prisoner afterwards made several incoherent expressions , having no reference whatever to what had transpired , but from the nature of those expressions I beliovGd him to bo msanc . The prisoner further said , speaking of Ins wife , "We were to have boon disgraced today , and I could not boar it . " He further said , Mr . Parrott gave him medicine some days previously . —Prisoner : Ifc was on Monday week . —Examination resumed : Ho said he gave him some drugs and forced him to take them , and that ifc was done by the sanction and advice of the Rev . Mr . Pntohard . —Mr . Paynter : Before tho prisoner made these statements did you caution him ?—Inspector Coleman : —I did so , your worship . After a little while he sobbed bitterly , and spoko in . affectionate terms of his wife and child .

      The next witness examined was Frederick Lasotos , who stated he was a sergeant in tho V division , No . 10 . He bogged the magistrate would pardon any little discrepancies ho might make , as the sight which he had witnessed had completely unnerved him . The witness then proceeded with ms evidence , and said : I went to the houso , No 1 Carpenter ' s-place , High-street , Clnpham , and got there about half-past seven o ' clock . On my way thither I called on Mr . Herring , the relieving othcer , and he accompanied me . I found the key the prisoner gave mo unlocked the front door of the house which ho rents . There was nothing to indicate disorder down stairs , but on going up stairs , I saw the leg of a woman protruding on the landing , a bed-room door was open , and another leg rested against the door-stall , the remaining part of the body was in the room . The woman waslyin " on her back ; she was dressed all but her shoes ana

      stockings . Underneath her head there was a man ' s coat , and a woman ' s boot was beside her face I also noticed two footmarks without shoes , as if 8 on ° endeavoured to get into the adjoining room The marks had been made by naked feet . I went towards the woman ' s head , and found her throat was cut . There was a very great deal of blood about the bed post and bedding . Theionrw a great flow of blood over the room . The head was woL ?? C ff-, ™™ «• d 3 , but warm-the pulse had ceased beating . On a bed , and m the same room , I saw a child lying on itafoco I examined it , and found its throat was out . [ The prisoner here became overwhelmed with gricf . l The child was quite dead , but warm . Icoufd not identify the bodies . I afterwards opened tho adjoining room door , in which direction I had seen the footmarks , when I there found a lifctlo girl sitting up in bed . I don ' t know hnr fl *™ f-. ™« hi ,

      might have been four or five years old .-PWcr-She was just upon nine years old .-Examination resumed : The child seemed very frightened at me Lm -N ? fchcl ' " shclud heavd a * s . 4 X ' Mr . John PAnnoiT , jun .,. surgeon ' - was ne \ - Mil-past seven and eighfc . o ' clock . I found a woman lying upstairs with fier throat cut . Itwa com " aaa ^^^ -jsaftS

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      THE EXPLOSION IN BERMONDSEY . Upon the examination of the premises where the explosion occurred , the particulars of which were given m The Northern Star of Saturday last , two bodies were found in the first floor front room , which , arc believed to be those of the two younger children , from the following particulars given by a youn ^ female now m Guy ' s Hospital , who acted as servant to Mrs . Barlm . She states that she was in the front room on the first floor at the time the exnlosinn on .

      eurred , and that she was blown completely out of the window . A minute or two before , she noticed the two children lying m bed , on the opposite side of the room to where the bodies were found , and she had no doubt that when she was forced out of the window the children were blown out of their beds The appearances of each indicate that they had been forced with great violence against the wall of the room , as the head of the younger one was snlitin two .-The first two bodies found by theSmenhave been ascertained to be those of James iSn 3 forty-five years , who was in Mr . « i , iw . 3 TH

      Mr Barlin ' s eldest son , Willi ^ aged twenv ' The bodies of the two children found last are those of Alfred and James Barlin , of the re spective Tes of ^ S sre MrsfcKs origin of the melancholy occurrence Mr ? T ? i states that her husband [ hadi b 5 n £ habU 01 SoSSr TLv w some tim M ^^ iirooK-sireec . incy were eenerallv m » A * ;« 4 V , n rontparlour . wheretheyals otook theSeaff and theupper portion was used partly as 8 l ££ >> ' 3 bed rooms . She had nine children , all of Si £ herself , her husband , the female Phcobe Wvnn and he man Baldwin were . iu the house at the thne of Alfred ( both deceased , wereasleeo in « hn fi «« f ™ T

      upstairs , ana three others in the Back room hele " mainder were with her at work with Er father finishing off " aJaiBBorder ttatwastobe deSSS on Saturday . It consisted of many g ro Sof ! S crackers , Catherine wheels , blue SS , &c t ' cannot say the exact quantity , but there we ?; con siderable quantities , and all that had to ^ be donS them was tying them up and sealing theni ^ th ^ v The man Baldwin had been with th em buUl dS or so to assist m comp ete ng the order « a « y work in the front parlou ^ X en at abonfe J- ? past ten o ' clock she asked he ? husbS ? in . ? limt ri have supper , alluding to ttafiiHS Ltlf theaffimative , and called to Charles S ? " tarthbi oyer a chair . Tim ^ VmLS in

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      " Destruction of Farm Propebtx in Berkshire . — On Monday night a fire broke out upon the extensive farm and homestead of Sir . W . Peto , situated at Pintkney ' s Green , near Maidenhead , Berkshire whereijy property to the amount of several thousand ponnds was consumed .

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      Great Fibe at Bristol . —Or , Sunday night last the insurance companies in the City received the subjoined particulars of afire at Bristol : — " Bristol Saturday morning . A tremendous fire broke out yesterday evening , at five o ' clock , at the Great Western Cotton Works , situate on the north banks of the Avon , near the line of the Bristol and Gloucester and Great Western Railway . It originated in a spark from a fl y wheel which caught a pile of refuse cotton lying in the bit wing room . About thirty hands , chiefly boys , were engaged in this department , and so rapid was thc work of devastation

      that the poor creatures had to rush out of the buildins instantly , many of them , in fact , had great difficulty in escaping . Within five minutes after the discovery , the whole building , of 200 feet Ion" and 90 wide , was in one glow of fire . Thousands of persons were soon oil the spot , and amon « st them were conspicuous the relations and friends of the children engaged in the factory , trembling in ignorance of their fate . Thc fire raged for three hours with terrific violence fed by largo bales , and heaps of raw cotton which lay at one end of tho building In this department there are 6 or S engines , each ' valued at loO guineas , all of which are destroYed . t « TJ Lnfl ° Ck T ° ; craen succoedcd in checking the conflagration . Fortunatel y for the pro-? x : ictovs ' , ™™»™ S Portions of the works wc ? e

      EbS o * T ? JT , ? estl > ° > - ^ value : at £ 15000 . Nearly 2 , 000 hands were thrown out of employment , and a vast number of victims will be compelled to seek tho workhouse " Infanticide at Hakdswomu . -Fov the last four or hvo years the town and neighbourhood of Hands-« oi Ui have obtained unenviable notoriety for the number of newly-born children hearing ma ? ks of Snlf T F ^ , deprivc 4 of life ^ violent mean soon after being brought , into the world , that have been found in tfie by-lanes and other romoto places losuch an extent has the atrocious system been " practised , that the local magistrates hive laid the whole facts before the Secretary of State , and her Majesty ' s government have offered sueh a reward as willbe ikelytosuppressthcrevoltingacts XS thc past week a farmer ' s labourer , named Ellis , «« proceeding along Cramp-lane , neav ZZS , ™ r ^ t-

      road , when he observed a brown paper parce in i ^^ ^ ifeSiS | pc& ^^ oV » aminedTir ' ' , ' ha ^^"" ffif , ex C S ml ^ V 11 Op r ^ tthcy were ooi n ai ve , and that strangulation was evident . 1 v ™ ° ? ^ T hich thoyhad como hy SsSSS Other facts showed that the innocents 3 ad & murdered as soon as they were hnvn n «! ui ' ^ ' "JunribimdMtl ^^ tS ^ SuriS against some person or persons unknown » tK SE ^^ S ^^ SeeS

      RSSSffi ^ B ilfo * ttay bo not ' £ ° clilZ £ ^ °° ' * - « M-35 S ^ BK ? fts ! f ? $ fi 2 W . t « fe& that the deceased and a fellow boatman , named sSSte ^ reMand f rs ^ board ' tSlt haraMn the Severn , on the preceding dav ana smk into the water , and rise no more alive His fl y was subsequently found . Several wine " water br GMfcnuan , from whom he endeavoured to

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      CHARGE OF ATTEMPTED PO 1 SOKIXG BY A WIFE . A serious case of attempted poisoning was biwii be ! ore the magistrates at the Chelmsford Pettv & « sions on Friday . Tho charge was brought by Wil liam Hay ward , a shoemaker , at Springfield , a ains ftis wito , to whom ho has been married fourtoe years , and has three children , the eldest a « red 1 years , The allegation was that sho had withm th last three weeks attempted to kill him bv miiMin small doses of poison in his food . * Haywabd , who appeared very weak , and sufferin from the eftects of poison , said : I have had poiso K *? m $ °° d tbreo tiraos within tllc I' ** thrc weeks . No- one resides in the house but mvsel

      S : t « r ' eni Last w « lncsday I was callc 5 i ? dmnel > and f ° ™ d some apple pmldir lit a m"late' Ut 0 tW (> mouthfuls , ar SiS Hi ? cfchln A 7 unpleasant , and saw som ftSJr £ 'tok'Peokontho adding , which mfn ? l V ^^ ' P utifc 0 ' ^ iM £ l . tside KSff . ; . t aidth «® ™ s something wrong , b 117 , , lb ™? ° nly th 0 a PP * Tiicl > wore n 6 * f S ] t CUfc . T another P'ecc . I found n T ™ l ? ° iT tt 0 r Tr that- Aftci > I had mv dinn . K j U P- My ** ? ^ nt out , and I sent fi fcho 1 n { , tl } i 1 SUpCnnt , cad ent and t (> ld him what 2 S ? « t PP M , V askcd ™ Ihad f 0 U 1 5 " ^ t , ^ Xo ; " and ™ searched tl House , and I found some stuff , and I took that ni a piece of toast which I had in tho afternoon Monday , and carried them to Dr . Bird . Thc to ; ttJ « \ ° ? Cl ! cmist ' thcv ™« e out \ vl the stun wag , but what I cannot say . It was ir paper , which we found in a little mi » in < -. ! , „ ] , « ,.

      lno chemist told mo it was rank poison Tl ' gave me some medicine to take , and I took it ' have wasted for the last fortnight . —Mr . Knox-V tno place where you found the stuff one that Vi wife has access to ? -IIayvrard : It was I accu my wife of it when she came back , and she S knew nothing about it ; she said she dUlnot kr ^ SWSJSKttd- ^ SfttMr ^^ ^ toit wwiiibo mS&tiS ?™ * 'ft 0 Chmist > was sent for bv mag strates and he stated that Dr . Bird and ' I nEf Tt \ l , ° him ft white Powder , !! d Birdv . ushed to know vhat it was . Hoanalys . small portion ofit , and found it was vliite i / rc wte . lnnt was a slow poison . It is principally

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      6 TTTF . NnfcTHERN STAR . October 20 , 1849 .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 20, 1849, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1544/page/6/